BetterMinds · The REN app is coming soon
Find your way
to better.
Private support for anxious moments and the days between appointments, from Gareth and Kainne, and shaped with therapists.
- Private beta
- Your context, your choice
- A companion, not a clinician
Follow the thread
Meet REN
Hold the thread. Find the words.
REN is your health champion and guide inside BetterMinds. It listens, holds the thread and helps you prepare for human support.
Why BetterMinds exists
“I’m Gareth. After years of navigating complex health problems, I started building the health champion I needed for myself. I believe everyone deserves that kind of support. That’s why I’m building REN, and why I want more people to have access to it.”
Gareth Squance, co-founder
Kainne’s principle
Support should be honest, thoughtful and leave judgement with people.
Lived experience is the origin of this work, not proof of a clinical outcome.
Who shapes REN
Shaped with therapists, in conversation with psychologists.
Therapists are on board and part of the work. They challenge how REN listens and responds, how its learning content is framed and where a human conversation needs to take over. We are also actively engaging with qualified psychologists as REN develops.
How professionals shape RENThe words REN uses
Language that helps someone feel understood, without pretending to treat.
What sits inside the app
Recorded sessions and short learning content, and how they are framed for harder moments.
Where REN stops
Clear points where a person, not an app, needs to take over.
They shape the product rather than providing care through it, and their involvement is not a clinical endorsement.
What REN helps with today
A bridge between appointments. Not a replacement for them.
Last appointment A therapist, GP or specialist
In the moment
Put it into words
Talk or type as it happens, or make a quick check-in for anxiety, mood or sleep. Guided breathing is there if you need a pause.
Between appointments
Hold the thread
REN helps you reflect and notice what matters. What it remembers stays visible, so you can correct it or ask it to forget.
Before the next one
Take it with you
Shape an editable note for your therapist, GP or specialist. You decide what to share, and they keep the professional judgement.
Next appointment Your conversation, better prepared
Inside the app
A look at the private beta.
01 · Check in
Begin with today.
A quick check-in gives you a place to start. Bring together what you notice about your mood, sleep or anxiety without needing to explain everything at once.
02 · Talk
Start with one sentence.
Talk with REN in your own words. It can help you reflect on what feels difficult and begin to make sense of what matters now.
03 · Your context
See what REN understands.
Review the context REN holds. Correct the wording, remove what no longer fits or ask REN to forget it. A continuing story should still be yours to shape.
04 · Prepare
Find the words before you need them.
Before a consultation, shape an editable briefing or a private preparation note. Bring forward what matters, what has changed and the questions you want to ask.
A place to notice what is happening. Private-beta screenshots, 29 August 2026.
You review what REN prepares. You choose whether to share it. Human professionals keep their judgement.
Explore how REN helpsYour words, your choice
Better prepared, and still your conversation.
REN can help you reflect, organise and prepare. You review the words and choose whether to share them. Nothing is sent automatically.
Read the trust boundariesA clear place to stop
- Not a therapist, clinician or diagnostic service.
- Does not monitor crises or contact emergency services.
- No employer access to personal conversations.
- No promises of an outcome.
Therapists, clinicians and chosen professionals keep responsibility for care and decisions.
What we are working towards
In time, we hope REN can draw on a wider circle of professional perspectives, from more therapy approaches to nutrition, so support reflects the whole person. That is direction, not something available today.
More day-to-day confidence, earlier human support and fewer avoidable wellbeing-related absences are aims for responsible testing. They are not results we can claim today.
App coming soon
Hear when BetterMinds is ready.
Register for updates about availability and opportunities to take part in the private beta. No health story is needed here.
Registering your interest does not guarantee beta access. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Organisations and partners
Start a different conversation.
Exploring a responsible pilot, professional contribution or funding partnership? There is a separate route for that.
Find your way to better.
BetterMinds · The REN app is coming soon